SavagePickle
Active Member
Yeah I think I'll stick to making 5x that now
PACKAGE HANDLER QUESTIONS. HELP ME OUT
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Cementups
Box Monkey
I posted a pic similar on Facebook and got bashed for potentially ratting out a Teamster.
PT Car Washer
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Maybe Walmart called with a better job offer.
"supervisor like" lol
Dude you don't want the illusion of power or the promise of "promotion" that UPS management gives you. It is a salaried job for one thing (but you will work OT and not get paid for it!)
If you go that route prepare to become an empty shell of a puppet (a trained, dancing monkey puppet) that will do whatever (and I mean whatever) your center/district manager says.
Think about it man, can you live with yourself knowing the unethical BS that UPS management does? You may think "I can change things!" and while that is noble it is unrealistically optimistic. UPS has been around over 100 years, you won't change anything, the culture is too deeply entrenched, (besides you are not allowed to make any real decisions at that level of management anyway) You might make a little more money than the drivers do if you become a center manager after a couple of years but will it be worth it when everyone at the hub (people you will see day in and day out for years) doesn't want to be around you?
Indecisi0n
Well-Known Member
Your not putting those dirty fingers in my mouth.
This guy didn't make it through half of his first shift, one of many that head for the door right away. Not Teamster material at all.
PT Car Washer
Well-Known Member
Teamster material? Minimum wage job with no benefits for a year and a $500 initiation fee just for the privilege of saying you are a Teamster? You are right he is not Teamster material. Too smart. PT is not the same job it was 20 or 30 years ago and is only getting worse every year.
Indecisi0n
Well-Known Member
No one is keeping them here. Don't like it then leave.
You think I liked my starting pay, no vacation, no benefits? Did I cry about it? No, I stuck it out and now I have lots of vacation, good pay rate and excellent benefits. I am a proud teamster.
Cementups
Box Monkey
Apparently you're one of those that doesn't believe this to be a door to an opportunity.
PT Car Washer
Well-Known Member
And they are leaving. A proud teamster would never have voted to allow a Teamster job to become a minimum wage no benefit job. Of course I know it does not really matter how we vote.
PT Car Washer
Well-Known Member
Like slavery was an opportunity to freedom? It wasn't like this 30 years ago.
Indecisi0n
Well-Known Member
Let the weak ones leave. There's 10 others waiting to take their spot. Only the strong survive.
PT Car Washer
Well-Known Member
It's a job, not a slave gladiator contest.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
Well-Known Member
I was equally surprised at his "Teamster material" comment.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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It most certainly is a door to an opportunity; however, that being said, an initiation fee greater than $250 for a PTer is nothing more than Union greed.
PT Car Washer
Well-Known Member
I think any amount more then $50 is outrageous.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
Well-Known Member
They need to have some skin in the game. $250 with a $50 rebate after they attend their first meeting.
PT Car Washer
Well-Known Member
Our Local has a $20 initiation fee.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
Well-Known Member
Minimum should be $100 for PTers and $200 for FTers.
NO seasonal help should be asked to pay.
NO seasonal help should be asked to pay.
